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Antibiotics cannot cure STIs caused by viruses such as herpes simplex (HSV), genital warts (HPV) or HIV.
There are many different types of antibiotics and it is important to get the right antibiotis. It is not a good idea to take medicine...

Here are ten tips that will help make these conversations relevant and comfortable for all involved.
These tips have been generously provided by Jennifer Gibson, Community Education Services Coordinator with Island Sexual Health. Want to...

Genital warts can be treated. They are a common infection in British Columbia.
Causes
You get genital warts through vaginal, oral, and anal sexual contact. This includes both penetrative sex and sexual activities where there is skin-to-...

The term BDSM stands for ‘bondage’, ‘discipline’, ‘domination,’ ‘submission,’ ‘sadism’ and ‘masochism’. It is a broad term that includes many ways for people to use dominance and submission, bondage, pain and other activities for erotic...

Here are some links to other websites that you may find helpful, both for your own practice and to share with your clients.
Clinical and public health guidelines
BC Centre for Disease Control – BC guidelines for the diagnosis, clinical...

The global threat of multi-drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhea has led to recent changes in treatment recommendations.
Intramuscular ceftriaxone (250mg single dose IM) is now preferred over oral cefixime to treat all proven or suspected...

Part of the gbMSM Health Network Webinar Series, presented by CATIE and The Network: BC's gbMSM Health Resource.
Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Time: 10:00 AM Pacific time
Register now!
Motivating youth to take an active role in their own...

In its evolution over the past century, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the causative agent of gonorrhea infection) has successively acquired resistance to first-line treatments, including penicillin, doxycycline, and ciprofloxacin. Recent...

Emerging multi-drug resistant gonorrhea is a global concern. In response, we at BCCDC Clinical Prevention Services (CPS) have been working with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to produce updates to the Gonorrhea Chapter treatment...

Background
In British Columbia (BC), there has been a steady increase in reported gonococcal (GC) infections since 1998. Most notably, there was a 70% increase in GC infections in 2015 (3,160 cases) compared with 2014 (1,803 cases). In...

“My patient had a positive Neisseria gonorrhoeae urine nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), but a negative Chlamydia trachomatis NAAT. Why do I have to treat for both?”
The treatment of choice for gonorrhea is a third-generation...

The Gay Men’s Health Summit is an annual 2-day conference organized by the Community-Based Research Centre for Gay Men’s Health, in collaboration with the BCCDC and the Health Initiative for Men.
When: November 5th and 6th, 2015
Where:...

Genital Chlamydia
In 2014, the rate of genital chlamydia increased to 288.4 per 100,000 population, continuing the overall provincial trend of a steady increase since 1998.
The highest rates were in Vancouver, Northwest and Northeast...

The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is often asked to comment on infectious diseases in the province. Questions about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are common, and often get attention from both the public and...

Genital chlamydia
In 2016, the rate of genital chlamydia increased to 317.6 (15,057 cases) per 100,000 population in British Columbia (BC), continuing the overall provincial trend of a steady increase since 1998. The highest rates...

Background
Behavioral interventions have been effective at lowering HIV transmission rates in British Columbia. Along with treatment as prevention, they remain the cornerstone of HIV prevention. However, infection rates have plateaued for...

I am a male 29 years old, recently I had an erotic massage from a lady in a massage parlor. In that, I had contact of her hands in my anal region along with genitals. I would have had a precum, but no oral sex was performed. I may have got...

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